Bill Text: CT SB00295 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 295 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Criminal Liability In The Case Of A Drug Overdose.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00295 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00295-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 295*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1830
		01830
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL LIABILITY IN THE CASE OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to provide that a person selling illegal drugs that result in a fatal overdose may be charged with manslaughter.

Statement of Purpose:

To increase the penalty for drug dealers providing fatal overdoses.